Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 109810
Broadcasting: Disclosure of Information
Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026
Question
Rebecca Long Bailey
Labour — Salford
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the use of extension of probationary periods in publicly owned broadcasters to detriment whistleblowing employees.
Answer
Ian MurrayOur public service broadcasters are operationally independent of Government and so probationary periods rightfully remain a matter for them.Employees of public service broadcasters, like most employees in Great Britain, who blow the whistle on certain typ...
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